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Spiritual Doubt: Why God lets Little Children Die
Many people ask why God allows the innocent children to die? We all have to die. Not believing in God does not change that. Believers in Jesus have eternal life, and we will have a body that does not disease in Heaven. But life in this world is fragile.
Some people die young, reminding us to do our best in life and hug our family members every day before going out the door. Riches and fame do not last unto eternal life. Telling people about Jesus, making donations to charity, and loving others last unto eternity. But we are not saved by good deeds alone.
Anybody can die young. You do not necessarily live longer if you are good and shorter if you are bad. That was the erroneous idea that Job’s friends had. You can not earn good things because no one is perfect.
We are given good things by God’s grace. We all sin and deserve to die the first time we sin. Even nice people sin. But we are saved and given eternal life only by believing Jesus saved us on the cross.
In this world, every moment of life is a miracle, even living five years. The earth is in a universe of increasing disorder. The likelihood of life is null. Physicists can not explain the miracle of life. God made us and he also sustains us. Every breath we take is a miracle. Atheists take this life for granted, as if it had to exist. Do we thank God?
This life is inferior, it is full of pain, but it is temporary. It is our opportunity to choose God now. This world is in pain because God gives us free will and humans are running their world without God for a time so we can see that it does not work.
It has been asked, "Can God make a perfect world?" Yes, he can and he did. God gave us perfect health in the Garden of Eden, there were no natural disasters, no droughts, and no terrorists. It was the devil who brought death upon us, not God. We chose to leave the garden by sin.
We all start sinning at some point early in life and thus choose disobedience like Adam and Eve. All people do wrong things. The people who say there is no right and wrong can not explain why there is so much evil in this world. We suffer by the wrongs of others and of ourselves; we suffer that nature has turned against us when we left the Garden of Eden.
When God made people and gave them free will he knew we would make dumb choices. So he made a plan of redemption. He wants us to live forever in eternal bliss so much, that he gave his only begotten son on the tortuous cross to save us. And this is the God that is being criticized.
Instead of complaining that you can not live 120 years old, believe in Jesus and you will have eternal life. If you live to 120 you will feel miserably ill anyway, as the body ages and malfunctions. Instead of blaming God for the natural and man made disasters, blame the Devil and chose God.
We who choose Jesus as our God will have eternal bliss in heaven. When we die we will have an everlasting body that does not disease and never be sad again. It is a victory for believers.
One pastor explains it well; Pastor Moises Roman says that he has been to many funerals. “When a believer in Jesus dies the surviving family has comfort, but when an unbeliever dies there is terrible anguish.” Choose God that you might have life.
To attain eternal life Christians pray:
"Jesus, I believe you are my Savior, that you died on the cross so I could be forgiven of my sins and given abundant life, and that you are resurrected so I can have eternal happiness in Heaven. Please forgive all my sins, enter into my heart, and give me a new life. I ask you to help me to live in a way that makes you happy. I ask in Jesus’ name, amen." Once you pray this, you are saved.
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